Nov. 21, 2024 16:16 PM EST
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill rallied around Pete Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, on Thursday even as new details surfaced about allegations that he had sexually assaulted a woman in 2017.
The GOP embrace of Hegseth came as another...
Nov. 19, 2024 20:58 PM EST
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:
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Nov. 17
The Washington Post on a way forward for student loan relief
Many Democrats thought President Joe Biden’s efforts to forgive vast swaths of student debt would...
Nov. 14, 2024 15:41 PM EST
Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz’s nomination to be President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general has created a remarkable amount of hesitation from Republicans, who are otherwise inclined to follow Trump’s wishes.
Gaetz is unpopular with many fellow House Republicans for his...
Sep. 16, 2024 15:31 PM EDT
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A bill introduced after a mass shooting in Maine would require the Army to use state crisis intervention laws to remove the weapons of a service member who is deemed to be a serious threat to themselves or others, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, the bill’s sponsor, said Monday....